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====East Asia====

====East Asia====

Clinton's first major foreign visits were to [[China]], where she tried to maintain the status quo, with China buying American treasury notes to finance the U.S. deficit.  

Clinton's first foreign visit in early 2009 was to [[China]] to convince them to purchase trillions in [[U.S. Treasury]] debt to finance President Obama and the Democrats [[stimulus]] programs and the [[federal deficit]].

She told [[Japan]] that the US-Japan alliance is a “cornerstone” of American foreign policy.  She met publicly with Yukio Hatoyama, the opposition leader, who won a landslide election in Sept, 2009.  The question is whether the new government will continue to follow a strongly pro-American foreign policy regarding economic affairs, [[North Korea]], and the issue of 47,000 troops American troops stationed there. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in his electioncampaign vowed to review a 2006 agreement to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Base from an urban to a coastal part of the southern island of Okinawa.  The base has angered residents because of aircraft noise and friction with U.S. servicemen; while in opposition Hatoyama  suggested it could be moved off the island altogether, a move Washington has strongly opposed.

In [[Japan]], she met publicly with Yukio Hatoyama, the former opposition leader, who won a landslide election in Sept, 2009.  The question was over whether the new government would continue to follow American foreign policy regarding economic affairs, [[North Korea]]'s development of [[nuclear weapons]],<ref>[http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=20448 Appeasing North Korea: the Clinton Legacy,] Ben Johnson, January 03, 2003. FrontPageMagazine.com</ref> and the issue of 47,000 troops American troops stationed there. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in his election campaign vowed to review a 2006 agreement to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Base from an urban to a coastal part of the southern island of Okinawa.  The base has angered residents because of aircraft noise and friction with U.S. servicemen; while in opposition, Hatoyama  suggested it could be moved off the island altogether, a move the United States under Bush strongly opposed.

====Africa====

====Africa====